Report NEP-DEV-2008-05-17

This is the archive for NEP-DEV, a report on new working papers in the area of Development. Jeong-Joon Lee issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

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• Silvio Rendon & Alfredo Cuecuecha, 2007. "International Job Search: Mexicans in and out of the U.S," Working Papers 0709, Centro de Investigacion Economica, ITAM.
• Ximena Pena Parga & Camilo MondragÔøΩn-VÔøΩlez, 2008. "Business Ownership and Self-Employment in Developing Economies: The Colombian Case," Documentos CEDE 4672, Universidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDE.
• Galor, Oded & Ashraf, Quamrul, 2008. "Human Genetic Diversity and Comparative Economic Development," CEPR Discussion Papers 6824, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
• Karin Mayr & Giovanni Peri, 2008. "Return Migration as Channel of Brain Gain," RFBerlin Discussion Paper Series 0804, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin).
• Elizabeth Asiedu & James Freeman, 2008. "The Effect of Corruption on Investment Growth: Evidence from Firms in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa and Transition Countries," WORKING PAPERS SERIES IN THEORETICAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS 200802, University of Kansas, Department of Economics.
• Aurora Gómez Galvarriato & Jeffrey G. Williamson, 2008. "Was It Prices, Productivity or Policy? The Timing and Pace of Latin American Industrialization after 1870," NBER Working Papers 13990, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• William Easterly & Shanker Satyanath & Daniel Berger, 2008. "Superpower Interventions and their Consequences for Democracy: An Empirical Inquiry," NBER Working Papers 13992, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Boyan Jovanovic & Peter L. Rousseau, 2008. "Specific Capital and Technological Variety," NBER Working Papers 13998, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Boyan Jovanovic, 2008. "When Should Firms Invest in Old Capital?," NBER Working Papers 14000, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Desh Gupta, 2008. "India's Lagging Sector: Indian Agriculture in a Globalising Economy," ASARC Working Papers 2008-05, The Australian National University, Australia South Asia Research Centre.
• Tetsuji Okazaki, 2008. "Industrial Development, Firm Dynamics and Patterns of Productivity Growth: The Case of the Cotton Spinning Industry in Prewar Japan, 1894-1924," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-562, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo.
• Kozo Kiyota & Tetsuji Okazaki, 2008. "Industrial Policy Cuts Two Ways: Evidence from Cotton Spinning Firms in Japan, 1956-1964," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-563, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo.
• Diego Restuccia, 2008. "The Latin American Development Problem," Working Papers tecipa-318, University of Toronto, Department of Economics.
• Paula Armstrong & Bongisa Lekezwa & Krige Siebrits, 2008. "Poverty in South Africa: A profile based on recent household surveys," Working Papers 04/2008, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
• Derek Yu, 2008. "The South African labour market: 1995 – 2006," Working Papers 05/2008, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
• Andreas Mehler & Ulf Engel & Lena Giesbert & Jenny Kuhlmann & Christian von Soest, 2008. "Structural Stability: On the Prerequisites of Nonviolent Conflict Management," GIGA Working Paper Series 75, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies.
• Anika Oettler, 2008. "Do Qualitative Data Help in Addressing Central American Violence? Research Note on Data Collection," GIGA Working Paper Series 76, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies.
• Tournemaine, Frederic & Tsoukis, Christopher, 2008. "Gain versus pain from status and ambition: Effects on growth and inequality," MPRA Paper 8670, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Kolasa, Marcin, 2007. "How does FDI inflow affect productivity of domestic firms? The role of horizontal and vertical spillovers, absorptive capacity and competition," MPRA Paper 8673, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Tournemaine, Frederic & Tsoukis, Christopher, 2008. "Status, fertility, growth and the great transition," MPRA Paper 8669, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Orbeta, Aniceto Jr. C. & Dingcong, Clarence G. & Kondo, Toshio & Infantado, Christine, 2008. "Impact of Microfinance on Rural Households in the Philippines," Discussion Papers DP 2008-05, Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
• Adriano, Fermin D., 2008. "CARP Institutional Assessment in a Post-2008 Transition Scenario: Toward a New Rural Development Architecture," Discussion Papers DP 2008-06, Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
• Cortez, Felino & Ballesteros, Marife M., 2008. "CARP Institutional Assessment in a Post-2008 Transition Scenario: Implications for Land Administration and Management (LAM)," Discussion Papers DP 2008-07, Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
• Manasan, Rosario G. & Cuenca, Janet S. & Villanueva-Ruiz, Eden C., 2008. "Benefit Incidence of Public Spending on Education in the Philippines," Discussion Papers DP 2008-08, Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
• Cuenca, Janet S., 2008. "Benefit Incidence Analysis of Public Spending on Education in the Philippines: A Methodological Note," Discussion Papers DP 2008-09, Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
• Salas, J.M. Ian S. & Racelis, Rachel H., 2008. "Have Lifecycle Consumption and Income Patterns in the Philippines Changed between 1994 and 2002?," Discussion Papers DP 2008-11, Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
• Salas, J.M. Ian S. & Racelis, Rachel H., 2008. "Consumption, Income, and Intergenerational Reallocation of Resources: Application of NTA in the Philippines, 1999," Discussion Papers DP 2008-12, Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
• Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2008. "Industrial Agglomeration and Industrial Policies: The Philippine Experience," Discussion Papers DP 2008-13, Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
• Macasaquit, Mari-Len R., 2008. "Industrial Agglomeration in the Philippines," Discussion Papers DP 2008-14, Philippine Institute for Development Studies.
• Heinz Schandl & Marina Fischer-Kowalski & Clemens Grunbuhel & Fridolin Krausmann, 2008. "Socio-metabolic Transitions in Developing Asia," Socio-Economics and the Environment in Discussion (SEED) Working Paper Series 2008-05, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems.
• Vasco C Nhabinde & Niek J Schoeman, 2008. "The Impact of Retirement Benefits on Consumption and Saving in South Africa," Working Papers 200807, University of Pretoria, Department of Economics.
• Beoy Kui Ng, 2007. "Banking Reform in China: An Assessment in Macroeconomic Perspective," Economic Growth Centre Working Paper Series 0707, Nanyang Technological University, School of Social Sciences, Economic Growth Centre.
• Irene Y.H. Ng & Kong Weng Ho & K.C. Ho, 2008. "The Role of Families in Shaping Youth Social Participation: Evidence from Singapore," Economic Growth Centre Working Paper Series 0801, Nanyang Technological University, School of Social Sciences, Economic Growth Centre.
• Irene YH Ng & Xiaoyi Shen & Kong Weng Ho, 2008. "Intergenerational Earnings Mobility in Singapore and the United States," Economic Growth Centre Working Paper Series 0803, Nanyang Technological University, School of Social Sciences, Economic Growth Centre.